1st Edition

Grounded Reagan and the PATCO Crash

By Michael Round Copyright 1999
140 Pages
by Routledge

140 Pages
by Routledge

140 Pages
by Routledge

This book analyses the rhetorical background and strategies of the Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization (PATCO) and those of Ronald Reagan in reference to the 1981 strike. Was firing 11,000 federal employees the only option, or the best option available? The work examines the applicable federal statute, which provided and encouraged more leeway than the administration exercised; the... Read more
Part 1 Introduction; Part 2 Discussion; Chapter 1 Public Sector Collective Bargaining; Chapter 2 The Federal Aviation Administration; Chapter 3 Patco; Chapter 4 Statute and Statutory Discretion; Chapter 5 Reaganpart3 Conclusion;

Biography

Michael Round